WATCH: Colonel Richard Kemp – On The Border in Gaza

Colonel Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan: “I’m here on the border in Gaza with some soldiers from the IDF, whom the world’s media is condemning for ‘massacring Palestinian civilians.’ These are the same as British soldiers, American soldiers, soldiers from any other democratic army. They’re doing their job, they’re working to rules of engagement; they’re trying to defend their country.”

“What they don’t deserve is to be condemned and blamed for the deaths of Palestinian civilians from Gaza, which has deliberately been caused by Hamas. That’s what Hamas wanted — Hamas wanted the killing of their own people. The [Israeli soldiers] here are not responsible for that; they’re responsible for protecting the lives of their civilian population in Israel, which they’re doing extraordinarily well.”